Corey Johnson says New York City has ‘too many parking spaces’

NY Post ^ | July 18, 2019 | Rich Calder and Theo Wayt

[OddLane]

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson may have just slammed the parking brake on his mayoral bid. Johnson fumed to WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on Thursday that too much public space is dedicated to on-street car storage, potentially alienating a host of car-driving voters. “I do think that there are too many parking spaces in New York City,” Johnson said bluntly. “We have over 3 million [on-street] parking spaces in New York City … and we should reclaim that space and use it for the public.” Johnson, an early front-runner in the 2021 mayoral race, was responding to a call from “Christopher from the East Village,” who was venting about lack of parking in his neighborhood...

[madison10]

Glad I have no plans to ever visit that hell hole on the east coast.

[Dilbert San Diego]

and we should reclaim that space and use it for the public.

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If they are public parking spaces on public streets, in areas open to the public, then that space is already being used for the public. What the heck is this guy up to?>

[ClearCase_guy]

Public parking spaces should be reclaimed so that the public can use space? Is that the plan?

[rdcbn]

Now that’s funny

[ClearCase_guy]

9 seconds

[SaveFerris]

[ Corey Johnson says New York City has ‘too many parking spaces’ ]

Not according to the White Whale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEynUyYDJj8&t=122s

[babble-on]

Real Estate in Manhattan is very expensive.

A large percentage of the public space is used for private vehicle storage, free of charge.

I see no problem with the people of New York choosing to use their public streets for something other than parking.

[jazminerose]

I may never recover and Corey owes me a new IPad.

I just got this one. Hibiscus tea is brutal.

[tet68]

Do away with public parking because the subways aren’t
crowded enough?

Liberal thinking...

[butlerweave]

I pasted our City hall the other day , they had 3 charging things for electric cars and now there’s only one and two more parking spaces for Real cars

[Lurkinanloomin]

and we should reclaim that space and use it for the public.”
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The public is who uses those parking spaces.

[freedom1st]

Sure thing NYC political slogans.

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The damn rent is too high.

There are too many parking spaces.

[OddLane]

Not that public.

Green power

[BenLurkin]

The mind-set of a full-fronal statist.

[BenLurkin]

“Public” = government

[Major Matt Mason]

Corey should start the Parking Spaces Are Too Damn Plentiful party.

[VTenigma]

This person is an absolute moron.

[EinNYC]

Corey Johnson flushes his brains away every morning.

[miss marmelstein]

The NYC government has been getting rid of on street parking since at least Bloomberg’s 3 (fraudulent) terms.